by John D. Pierce | Jan 28, 2008 | Opinion
Former President Bill Clinton will speak this Friday evening during the closing session of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. He is one of those lightning-rod personalities who seems to draw either love or disdain.Pastors across the nation, who have promoted...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 27, 2008 | Opinion
In Macon, Ga., today, Chuck Poole is guest preacher in the pulpit he once filled regularly at the First Baptist Church of Christ. I’m preaching at historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church for morning worship.Jim Dant of Highland Hills and Bill Hardee of Vineville...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 24, 2008 | Opinion
The late Cajun chef Justin Wilson, before explaining one his famous spicy recipes, used to say: “Let me tell ya what I’m gonna did.”What Baptists Today is “gonna did” next week, is give significant attention to the historic gathering of...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2008 | Opinion
The video of former President Bill Clinton nodding off in church is all over the Internet and morning news shows today. The Sunday service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y.I come to his defense with both...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 20, 2008 | Opinion
The rain did not turn to snow in Macon, Ga., this weekend as forecast, much to my younger daughter’s disappointment. But knowing the precipitation in some form was certain, I picked up a DVD of “Fat Albert” on Friday afternoon for wet-weather...
